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Heaven and Hell (1969)

Heaven and Hell (1969)

Drama Crime
Release Date: 1969, August 27
Directors: Øyvind Vennerød
Countries: Norway
Production: Contact Film
Cast: Svein Sturla Hungnes, Arne Bang-Hansen, Sigrid Huun, Lillebjørn Nilsen, Per Tofte, Per Jansen, Vibeke Falk, Pål Skjønberg, Inger Lise Rypdal, Kari Diesen, Ingrid Øvre Wiik, Arne Aas

Overview:

Norwegian propaganda film and cult drama about Eva (16) and Arne (17), both from well established homes, attend a class where a professor says that cannabis is safer than alcohol. Together with some friends they decide to try the drug. The start of a drug hell for all involved. The film was poorly received by the critics, but it nonetheless became one of the highest-grossing theater films in Norway in 1969.

Keywords:

addiction propaganda hippies drug abuse lsd heroin hippie lifestyle subculture drug pusher hashish anti drugs